Firecomms Wins German Patent Infringement Case

Court rules that Firecomms does not infringe Broadcom patent in
Germany

May 15, 2018 01:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time

CORK, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Firecomms Ltd (“Firecomms” or “the Company”), announced today that it
has won a patent infringement action brought by Avago Technologies
General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (“Broadcom”) against Firecomms in
Germany. On April 13, 2018, the District Court of Munich issued a
judgment stating that Firecomms’ RedLink® products FR05MHIR and FR10MHIR
do not infringe the German designation of Broadcom’s European Patent No.
1 511 198 B1 (“patent 198”), the charges brought by Broadcom should be
dismissed and that Broadcom should bear the costs of the dispute.

“The Munich Court has upheld Firecomms long held position that it does
not infringe patent 198 and has rejected Broadcom’s arguments to the
contrary,” said Dr John D. Lambkin, the Company’s managing director. “We
have throughout this long process been resolute in defending the
veracity of our own technology and today I am grateful to the Munich
Court for its considered and detailed judgement,” he added.

Dr Lambkin also thanked Firecomms’ customers saying, “Firecomms also
very much appreciates the steadfast support of key customers during the
course of this action and I am absolutely delighted that their trust in
us has been fully justified. We look forward to continuing to grow our
engagements with customers around the world.”

About Firecomms

Firecomms (www.firecomms.com)
is a leader in the manufacture of plastic fibre optic solutions and
optical transceiver modules. The Company pioneered the commercialisation
of resonant cavity light emitting diodes (RCLEDs) which are today used
in the RedLink® industrial POF transceivers as well as the
connectorless OptoLock® and LC families of products.
Firecomms’ customers deploy these transceiver products in a wide range
of power and energy, industrial control, medical and consumer
applications. Firecomms Ltd. is headquartered in Cork, Ireland.s